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I saw a good piece by Tom Pepinsky the other day titled Weak and Incompetent Leaders act like Strong Leaders. tl;dr Hanlon's Razor with a bit of polisci to back it up. It helped convince me that Trump's strongman tactics...

Is it hopelessly optimistic to want to believe that a bunch more of them are meeting in private to discuss impeachment proceedings, but aren't going public until they've got enough folks on their team to make a credible play? Unfortunately...

The outcomes of the Brexit referendum and the US Presidential election prove that I was wrong about that; there are more utter shits (or people gullible enough to be mislead by authoritarian shitheads and racists) than there are socially-minded liberals...

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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch audio version is now considerably brightening my commute, so thank you. Anyone, any idea how Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett split the writing? I see this by Gaiman, amusing but not detailed: Good Omens: How Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett wrote a book As told by Gaiman: "It's Terry," said Terry. "'Ere. That thing you sent me. Are you doing anything with it?" "Not really." "Well, I think I know what happens next. Do you want to sell it to me? Or write it together?" "Write it together," I...

Yes. Thatsthejoke.jpg Mr PaMar posts a book. Claims I've not read it (has some truth, was skimming it). Post chapter 20 bit that refutes both his model and his accusation. Post wikipedia link to a theory that is a common pop-psychology myth but in which reality declares and that there are no stages of grief to pass. . This is also false: there are incredibly powerful cultural standards to grief. It's why you get paid mourners, widows in black, paid (YES, PAID) 'wailing of gnashing teeth and tearing hair out' and so on. Grief is 100% a performative and culturally...

In summation, here's some anti-Fascist pr0n: Kilted Yoga YT: reality: 0:57 20th Feb 2017 And yes, that really is a few incredibly buff Scottish men practicing yoga in kilts and not much else (warning: NSFW - one cheekily proves it towards the end). Yes, you really can do the whole Spartan Male Buff stuff without the fascism. Plus, I enjoyed it, host probably will as well....